On the first day of the lifting of the school's indoor mask ban, students still choose to wear masks in class.

(Photo by reporter Su Mengjuan)

[Reporter Su Mengjuan/Taichung Report] Schools lifted the ban on wearing masks indoors starting today (6th). On the first day the campus mask order was lifted, almost "90%" of students in many schools in Taichung City still wear masks in class, and even elementary school students are the most The expected 10 o'clock "class end" time, the students also "wear it well and fully wear it", and the masks were not taken off. The school pointed out that most of the students are used to wearing masks, but they are not used to it for the time being. Students are allowed to make their own decisions.

Taichung City cooperates with the central government's new policy. Starting today, all schools below high school in the city will cooperate to cancel the ban on indoor masks, and instead implement the "self-wearing mask" measure. It is not mandatory to wear masks, and it is up to teachers and students to decide on their own; but considering the risk of droplet infection, The school lunch partitions are still not cancelled, and the school also maintains a daily body temperature measurement to keep abreast of epidemic prevention trends.

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On the first day when the ban was lifted, almost all students including Siyu Junior High School and Chonglun Junior High School wore masks tightly in class. The school officials pointed out that most students still wore masks to class based on habit. There are more people in the indoor space for a longer period of time. Based on the safety considerations of epidemic prevention, students also choose to wear masks in class.

Today, the vast majority of students in Huilai Elementary School still choose to wear masks in class. Even the second period of "Big Class", which is the favorite of elementary school students, has a 20-minute break after class. Students still wear masks to play ball games and activities. , Many schoolchildren’s reasons are, “Mom said it’s safer to wear a mask”, and some people said bluntly, “It’s okay to wear a mask”.

Xie Xiujuan, the principal of Huilai Elementary School, pointed out that students are not required to wear masks in class from now on. Students can choose whether to wear masks according to their own circumstances, and at the same time respect the choices of others, and cannot require others to wear masks.

Xie Xiujuan pointed out that on the first day of the implementation of the new policy, more than 99% of students still wore masks to school and after class, and they didn’t even take them off in physical education class. As the weather gets warmer, it may take a while for students to gradually unblock their masks.

On the first day of the lifting of the ban on masks indoors in schools, primary school students even wore them for the "retirement class" and physical education classes.

(Photo by reporter Su Mengjuan)